'TELEPHONE HILL - The City and Borough of Juneau

TELEPHONE HILL
INTRODUCTION
a review of the research and literature on the site and structures, and
historical, architectural and archaeological findings.
Historic preservation is of concern to all sectors in society.
It has 'been
addressed by legislation on federal, state and local levels because of citizen
desires to retain ties with the past. Protection of historic and natural
resources of national significance can be traced to the Antiquities Act of 1906
and the Hi stort c Sites Act of 1935.
The Nati ona1 Hi stori c Preservati on Act of
1966 expanded the federal government's concern for historic resources to include
those of state and local significance. This firmly established a partnership
between the federal government and the states in preservation. The National
Register of Historic Places serves as the basic catalogue of historic properties
in the U.S., andi.ts 1isting includes buildings, sites, districts, structures
and objects significant in history, architecture, archaeology or culture.
Criteria for inclusion in this listing are designed to guide federal
agencies,
state and local governments, the pub l ic and the Secretary of the Interior in
evaluating potential entries to the National Register. The criteria for the
National Register states:
"The quality of significance in American history, architecture,
archaeology, and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings,
structures, and objects of state and local importance that possess
integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship,
feeling, and association, and:
A.
B.
c.
D.
that are associated with events that have made a significant
contribution to the broad pattern of our history; or
that are associated with the lives of persons significant in
our past; or
that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type,
period, or method of construction, that represent the work of
a master, or that possess high artistic value, or that
represent significant and a distinguishable entity whose
components may lack individual distinction; or
that have yielded or may be likely to yield, informati"on
important in history or prehistory" (36 CFR Part 60).
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